Anyone who fights against a colonial power and its compradors is an anti-colonial fighter. In this case, at the 10,000’ view, it’s the Alliance of Sahel States.
The confederation is against neo-colonialism and has demonstrated this with acts such as downgrading the status of the French language, renaming of colonial street names, and in the case of Mali suspending teaching of the French Revolution in schools. The AES is also anti-French and anti-ECOWAS in outlook, as it disagrees with many of their policies.
Sokoto has a population of Muslim pastoralists, who are undergoing proletarianization.
Their frustration with this gets expressed through a fascistic Islamism, with appeals to the Golden Age of the independent Sokoto Caliphate (hence the name of the Nigerian state).
Insurgent movements like this are a bit problem for States in the region, and it’s part of why AES formed. ECOWAS was largely incapable of dealing with internal security issues, due to its main role as a mechanism of Imperialist value extraction
I don’t know what exactly is going on there right now, but among the possibilities I can think of, perhaps these are Salafi Jihadists who got pushed out of Niger and went over the border. That’s one of the least nefarious reasons the US might be attacking.
Religion is a red herring, just as it was during the War on Terror. Imperialist states, corporate media, and imperial core non-profits (which are funded by those same states & corporations), will always spin narratives to manufacture our consent, or if not our consent then at least our acquiescence or apathy. Real media literacy takes some effort.
Also, fun fact, the Islamic State is a product of the the US (as well as the UK and Israel). We’ve been funding, arming, and advising Salafi Jihad terrorist cells since at least the first Afghan war, when we funded Osama bin Laden to stir trouble at the USSR’s border.
The “good guy” vs “bad guy” dichotomy isn’t how we usually approach these things, but let’s roll with it.
This is a fight for independence from the imperial core. A fight for real sovereignty.
Who did you root for in A New Hope, the Galactic Empire or the Rebel Alliance? The US or the Viet Cong? This fight is between Western imperialist states, led by the imperial hegemon, the US, and the AES Confederation.
It would hardly be the first time we’ve attacked—or claimed to attack—Islamic Jihadi terrorist cells. ISIS is providing an pretext for the US to intervene against Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso developing genuine sovereignty.
The terrorist groups are essentially chaos monkeys who are there to destabilize the region, similar to how they did (or tried to do) in Afghanistan, Xinjiang, and Syria.
What went unmentioned in Biden’s celebration of the fall of Assad was the role the U.S. played in the Syrian civil war. In addition to openly supporting and arming Kurdish-led forces, the CIA ran a covert program to arm and train so-called “moderate rebels” from the Free Syrian Army in the early years of the war at an estimated cost of roughly $1 billion a year. Over the past decade, the U.S. has carried out airstrikes in Syria, primarily against ISIS forces, and is believed to have continued its clandestine training and arming of opposition forces.
Like most countries in Africa, they have been burdened by a legacy of colonial exploitation that has left them vulnerable to exploitation by commercial interests and islamic religious imperialism.
As usual the good guys are the innocents in the middle just wanting to live and let live.
Change the title.
I don’t think we will.
The United States, in cooperation with its Nigerian compradors, conducted air attacks against anti-colonial fighters in northwest Nigeria.
.world: “Mods on .ml are authoritarian”
Also .world: “I don’t like the title, abuse your power to change it!”
I wasn’t asking you to change the title.
I don’t 2 shits about the mods here and I certainly don’t look or care about what instance I’m on.
That’s true, someone else asked us to.
Thanks for the follow up.
I’m not going to change it.
Who are these anti-colonial fighters?
Anyone who fights against a colonial power and its compradors is an anti-colonial fighter. In this case, at the 10,000’ view, it’s the Alliance of Sahel States.
Oh okay, thought you were talking about ISIS for a second. But then again, I wasn’t really sure who they were targeting in the first place.
ISIS are an Anglo-Zionist creation and pawn.
I know Niger is involved in the AES, but where does Nigeria come in?
Oh hah, my bad. This is happening not far from the border with Niger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokoto_State
Sokoto has a population of Muslim pastoralists, who are undergoing proletarianization.
Their frustration with this gets expressed through a fascistic Islamism, with appeals to the Golden Age of the independent Sokoto Caliphate (hence the name of the Nigerian state).
Insurgent movements like this are a bit problem for States in the region, and it’s part of why AES formed. ECOWAS was largely incapable of dealing with internal security issues, due to its main role as a mechanism of Imperialist value extraction
I don’t know what exactly is going on there right now, but among the possibilities I can think of, perhaps these are Salafi Jihadists who got pushed out of Niger and went over the border. That’s one of the least nefarious reasons the US might be attacking.
I really can’t tell who are the “good guys” anymore
After some cursory research, is Lemmy getting behind the Muslim caliphate or Islamic state trying to overthrow the country?
Religion has nothing to do with it. This is about imperialism, both old school and new school.
📺 Africa isn’t underdeveloped; it’s overexploited.
Religion is a red herring, just as it was during the War on Terror. Imperialist states, corporate media, and imperial core non-profits (which are funded by those same states & corporations), will always spin narratives to manufacture our consent, or if not our consent then at least our acquiescence or apathy. Real media literacy takes some effort.
Also, fun fact, the Islamic State is a product of the the US (as well as the UK and Israel). We’ve been funding, arming, and advising Salafi Jihad terrorist cells since at least the first Afghan war, when we funded Osama bin Laden to stir trouble at the USSR’s border.
So are you suggesting there are no “good guy” groups in Nigeria?
You should stop trying to frame things in comic book terms
What you’re trying to say is the people that live there are fucked either way
Literally short circuiting at the suggestion that real life isn’t a movie
The “good guy” vs “bad guy” dichotomy isn’t how we usually approach these things, but let’s roll with it.
This is a fight for independence from the imperial core. A fight for real sovereignty.
Who did you root for in A New Hope, the Galactic Empire or the Rebel Alliance? The US or the Viet Cong? This fight is between Western imperialist states, led by the imperial hegemon, the US, and the AES Confederation.
Are you saying Islamic state is the US in this fight? If so, why bomb themselves?
It would hardly be the first time we’ve attacked—or claimed to attack—Islamic Jihadi terrorist cells. ISIS is providing an pretext for the US to intervene against Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso developing genuine sovereignty.
The terrorist groups are essentially chaos monkeys who are there to destabilize the region, similar to how they did (or tried to do) in Afghanistan, Xinjiang, and Syria.
Like most countries in Africa, they have been burdened by a legacy of colonial exploitation that has left them vulnerable to exploitation by commercial interests and islamic religious imperialism.
As usual the good guys are the innocents in the middle just wanting to live and let live.